jpdb beta

the other day; a few days ago

5

destruction; collapse; crumbling

1

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note

1

to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone

1

great person; eminent figure

2

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

1

to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent

2

in one's own way or style

4

how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

6

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)

2

consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault

10

to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane

1

automatic; intransitive verb

1

factory; plant; mill; workshop

1

being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to); attached school; affiliated school

1

restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback

4

hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman

2

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

8

another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside

19

in the same way as; just like

1

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

1

diligent; hard-working; industrious

1

scavenger

2

(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself

8

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine

1

space; room; space (between letters, words, etc.); space (piece of type); (outer) space

2

incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

2

to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond

2

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

2

well; now; then

4

food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life

1

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

9

to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to

1

field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront

10

clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.

21

many years; a long time

2

dust

2

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

6

to use (the same thing) for multiple purposes; to reuse; to work (someone) hard; to order around

1

to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with

1

good-for-nothing; useless; worthless

1

article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

2

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

2

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

13

a certain ...; some ...

3

technical skill; ability; capacity

1

strong and weak points; likes and dislikes; strengths and weaknesses

1

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

15

mending; repair; darning; patching up

2

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

5